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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in North Carolina
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

Otway Burns (c.1775-1850) — of Swansboro, Onslow County, N.C.; Beaufort, Carteret County, N.C. Born near Swansboro, Onslow County, N.C., about 1775. Ship captain; privateer during the War of 1812; shipbuilder; planter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1821-22, 1824-27, 1832; member of North Carolina state senate, 1828-30, 1834; lighthouse keeper at the Brant Island Shoal Light, 1835-50. Died in Portsmouth, Carteret County, N.C., August 25, 1850 (age about 75 years). Interment at Old Burying Ground, Beaufort, N.C.; statue at Town Square, Burnsville, N.C.   Relatives: Married, July 6, 1809, to Joanna Grant; grandfather of Walter Francis Burns.   The town of Burnsville, North Carolina, is named for him.  — The community of Otway, North Carolina, is named for him.  — Two U.S. Navy destroyers were named for him, in 1918 and in 1942.   See also Wikipedia article   Fiction about Otway Burns: Ruth P. Barbour, The Cruise of the Snap Dragon   Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) — also known as Edward B. Dudley — of New Hanover County, N.C. Born near Jacksonville, Onslow County, N.C., December 15, 1789. Whig. Shipbuilder; planter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of North Carolina state senate, 1814; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1829-31; Governor of North Carolina, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., October 30, 1855 (age 65 years, 319 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Dudley and Margaret (Snead) Dudley; married, November 21, 1815, to Elizabeth Ruffin Haywood (sister of William Henry Haywood Jr.; first cousin of William Dallas Polk Haywood).   Political family: Manly-Haywood-Polk family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Augustus Holly Etheridge (1860-1941) — also known as Augustus H. Etheridge — of Manteo, Dare County, N.C. Born in Roanoke Island, Dare County, N.C., July 5, 1860. Democrat. Farmer; Dare County Sheriff, 1899-1906, 1910-12; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Dare County, 1913-16; lighthouse keeper. Member, Freemasons. Died in Nags Head, Dare County, N.C., March 20, 1941 (age 80 years, 258 days). Interment at Etheridge Cemetery, Roanoke Island, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Adam Dough Etheridge and Frances 'Fannie' (Baum) Etheridge; fourth cousin of Henry Emerson Etheridge and Thomas Edwin Headlee.   Political family: Etheridge family of North Carolina.   Epitaph: "One worthy of remembrance."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Garland Sevier Ferguson Jr. (1878-1963) — also known as Garland S. Ferguson — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C., May 30, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Southern Railway, 1903-18; assistant general counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, 1918-21; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1927-49; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1947. Methodist. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died April 12, 1963 (age 84 years, 317 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Garland Sevier Ferguson and Sarah Frances (Norwood) Ferguson; married, October 30, 1907, to Margaret Merrimon.   Robert Treat Paine (1812-1872) — of Edenton, Chowan County, N.C.; Austin County, Tex. Born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., February 18, 1812. Lawyer; planter; shipbuilder; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1850; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1855-57. Slaveowner. Died in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., February 8, 1872 (age 59 years, 355 days). Interment at Brenham Cemetery, Brenham, Tex.   Relatives: Married 1834 to Penelope Lavinia Benbury.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John Humphrey Small (1858-1946) — also known as John H. Small; "The Father of Inland Waterways" — of Washington, Beaufort County, N.C. Born in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., August 29, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; Beaufort County Superintendent of Schools, 1881; mayor of Washington, N.C., 1889-90; chair of Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1889-98; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1899-1921; vice-president, Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1912-46; president, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1919-25. Died in Washington, Beaufort County, N.C., July 13, 1946 (age 87 years, 318 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, N.C.   Relatives: Married to Isabella Carter Wharton.   Epitaph: "Though his interests carried him into far fields, his heart was ever with his beloved eastern Carolina." / "He served the needs of others." / "As a teacher, lawyer, public servant, and citizen, he was a pioneer in many battles for public and individual progress, and a lifelong advocate of public education, better farming, good roads, public health, drainage and conservation."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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